The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-10-06
UBIQUITOUS IsRAEL1TEs.
Their AdaptabiIity to All climates and
Conditions.

| Aheif AuaDtaD1ltty TO All Climates ant
| Conditions.
1t has frequently been remarked, say
the jewish World, that the Jewish rae,
has wonderful power of adaptation tx
all climates. Jews are found in all part
OF the globe, and seem to possess O very
temarkable faculty for acclimatization
even under the most unfavorable circum
stances. Mesopotamia is considered the
as well as the cradle of the human race
Some years ago small colony of Jews
were found i'll the ancient city of Seminar
in the South of Mesopotamia, and in the
vicinity of ancient Babylon. Of the Sc.
venty families composing the colony, one
| claimed to be descended from King Joa.
chin, the rest from the house of Levi.
A colony of Jews appear to have settled
il China about the beginning of the third
century of tho Christian era, under the
dynasty of Han. In 1904, Father Con
zani, a Roman Catholic missionary, found
sevon jewish families near Pellin.
In 1856 a Portuguese Jew of Amster-
dam, named DePavia, discovered sect
of Jews in Cochin China. According to
tradition preserved among them, they
were descended from tribe af Jews who
had quilted Palestine on the destruction
OF the second temple. From their long
residence in Cochin they had become
completely bronzed. These are not the
same as the Nialabar Jews. Tho Jewish
traveller Benjamin, sometimes called Bon
lamin tho Second, discovered O. colony of
Jews, evidently of Persian origin, in
Hindostan. They were known as "Bab-
ylonlan Jews, on account of their having
migrated from Babylonia. They OBJ
served the essential rites Of Judaism, aud
strictly avoided intcrmarriage with other
sects. in the beginning of the seven
teenth century jewish colony settled
in Cayenne, in the West Indies, one of
the most inhospitable climates in South
America. Cayenne was subsequently,
conquered by the French, who made it q
penal settlement, and the Jewish colony
was forced to retire to Surinam.
Notwithstanding frequent prosecutions
Jews are still found in Persia, moro cs-
pccially to the South Of the Caspian Sea,
where the soil is very fertile, but the eli
mate very unhealthy. The principal city
is Balprosh, where about $50 Jewish fa
miles reside in almost complete isolation.
They trade with their brethren in Great
Tartary, and are engaged in the wool
and silk trade or in the sale Of citrons.
They, too, trace their origin from the
Baoylonia captivity; for, according to
q tradition still possessed among them,
their ancestors settled in Persia In the
time Of Nebuchadnezzar, and did not re-
spond to the appeal of Ezra to return to
return to Palestine. Their mode Of life
resembles that Of the Persians in gda teral.
They hold the beard in high esteem and
wear long flowing robes. They have
several synagogues, and obtain scrolls of
the law from Bagdad. The celebrated
African traveller, Mungo Park, found q
colony Of jewish families in the heart of
Africa, about 500 miles from the coast.
1t is, no doubt, this pcculiarity of the
Jewish race which induced a French
writer on "NIedical Geography" to ex-
press the opinion that cit is questionable
whether the crossing of human varieties
confers on the issue constant advantages
In relation to the species, for the Jewish
race seems in wonderful manner capa-
ble Of adapting itself to every change of
climate, while others are scarcely able to
bear the least change"
Tho jew is found in every part Of the
world-in Europe, from Norway to Glib
rnltar; in Africa, from Algcrs co the
Cape Of Good Hope; in ASIA, from Co
chin to the Caucasus, from Jai1u to Pekin.
He has peopled Australia, and has given
proof of his powers OF accumulation
under the tropics, when people Of Euro
pean origin have constantly failed to
pcrpetuate themselves.